{"id":134,"date":"2019-02-07T15:14:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T15:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/aberuthvenprimaryschool\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2024-11-18T12:34:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T12:34:30","slug":"emergency-closure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/aberuthvenprimaryschool\/emergency-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"HTXT\" style=\"text-align: center\">Emergency Closure\u00a0Guidance<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Important Information regarding Emergency School Closure Arrangements eg. Severe Weather<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Closure During the School Day: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> Informing Parents <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If the weather deteriorates during the day a <strong>\u00a0message<\/strong> will be sent to J2E\u00a0to advise that the School is closing and that parents should collect their children.<\/p>\n<p>All Parents, (and especially Parents of pupils in outlying areas), should identify a family in Aberuthven who would be willing to look after their child(ren) in the event that you are delayed or you cannot come to pick up your child\/ren. This could be a neighbour, member of family (eg older sibling) or a parent of other pupils in the school, etc.<\/p>\n<p>A proforma\u00a0should be completed and returned to school in order for us to compile an emergency closure register.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong> Collecting Pupils <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The aim in an emergency closure is to evacuate the school as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>We will release all children to whoever arrives at the school first ie parent <strong>or<\/strong> nominated emergency contact(s).<\/p>\n<p>Staff will be released as appropriate (those with greatest distance first) though a member of staff will remain until the last pupil is released.<\/p>\n<p>Parents\/Carers\/Emergency Contacts should attend at the front entrance of the School.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Closure Out-with the School Day:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A\u00a0 message will be sent as early as possible via J2E if the school is to be closed. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NB There may be a delay if staff have attempted to travel to school and have encountered difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>When conditions are bad, especially in outlying areas, parents should not send their child(ren) to school if they are <strong>in any doubt<\/strong>. Please try to contact the school after 9am where this is the situation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Public announcements of school closures will also be made <strong>as soon as possible<\/strong> from the following sources:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Service<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Contact Details<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>When Used<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Other Comments<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Text Message<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Not applicable<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>All Instances<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Text will be sent to one identified\u00a0 mobile number<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Radio Tay Am<\/td>\n<td>Not applicable<\/td>\n<td>All Instances<\/td>\n<td>Frequency\u00a0AM 1584\u00a0 and 1161<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Radio Tay Fm<\/td>\n<td>Not applicable<\/td>\n<td>All Instances<\/td>\n<td>FM 96.4\u00a0 and 102.8<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PKC Customer Service Centre \u2013 Number for Parents<\/td>\n<td>01738 475000 (main Council line)<\/td>\n<td>All Instances<\/td>\n<td>Available from 08:00 hours to 18:00 hours Mon-Fri however this line <u>may<\/u> operate from 07:00 hours in exceptional circumstances.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PKC website<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkc.gov.uk\/\">www.pkc.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>All instances<\/td>\n<td>Parents\/Carers can find closure updates on the Perth and Kinross Council website by logging onto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkc.gov.uk\/\">www.pkc.gov.uk<\/a> where closures will be flagged up on the Home page, or alternatively access the information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkc.gov.uk\/Schoolclosures\">http:\/\/www.pkc.gov.uk\/Schoolclosures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PKC X and Facebook<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pkc.gov.uk\/socialmedia\">www.pkc.gov.uk\/socialmedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>All instances<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>School Website &amp; X<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aberuthvenprimary.org.uk\/\">www.aberuthvenprimary.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>@AberuthvenPS<\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency Closure\u00a0Guidance Important Information regarding Emergency School Closure Arrangements eg. Severe Weather Closure During the School Day: Informing Parents If the weather deteriorates during the day a \u00a0message will be sent to J2E\u00a0to advise that the School is closing and that parents should collect their children. All Parents, (and especially Parents of pupils in outlying &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/aberuthvenprimaryschool\/emergency-closure\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Emergency Closure<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9807,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/aberuthvenprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/aberuthvenprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/aberuthvenprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/aberuthvenprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/aberuthvenprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/aberuthvenprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1148,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/aberuthvenprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions\/1148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/pk\/aberuthvenprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}